A new report on the construction status of the Vogtle nuclear plant, released Wednesday by Moody’s Investors Service, provides greater detail than a May 10 statement released by Georgia Power and cites a number of risks that could further delay the plant’s opening date.
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Column: Two Atlanta nonprofits merge to better serve people with disabilities
As published in the Atlanta Business Chronicle on Feb. 9, 2018
Two Atlanta organizations serving people with disabilities have merged, sparking a “coming home” for both nonprofits.
The Bobby Dodd Institute (BDI), a nonprofit that provides job training and employment opportunities for people with disabilities, has merged with All About Developmental Disabilities (AADD), an organization that has offered direct services for people with developmental disabilities for more than 60 years.
Posted inATL Business Chronicle
Column: Effort launched to make metro Atlanta a ‘welcoming region’
As published in the Atlanta Business Chronicle on Feb. 2, 2018
The national nonprofit Welcoming Americawould like for metro Atlanta to become a “welcoming region,” one that would embrace people of all races and ethnicities.
The nonprofit, which is based in Decatur, so far has reached agreements with 103 cities around the country that are now welcoming cities, including five in our region: Atlanta, Brookhaven, Clarkston, Decatur and Norcross.
Posted inATL Business Chronicle
Column: Atlanta CEO Jim Stephenson to chair U.S. Chamber of Commerce
As published in the Atlanta Business Chronicle on Jan. 26, 2018
When Jim Stephenson, chairman and CEO of Yancey Bros, becomes chairman of the U.S. Chamber of Commerce on June 7, he will be the second Georgia businessman to lead that organization in less than 10 years.
Tom Bell, former CEO of Cousins Properties, served as U.S. Chamber’s chair in 2010/2011, and he still serves on its board.
Posted inATL Business Chronicle
Georgia Research Alliance CEO Mike Cassidy to retire
As published in the Atlanta Business Chronicle on Jan. 26, 2018
Mike Cassidy, president and CEO of the Georgia Research Alliancesince 2000, will be stepping down by the end of the year.
The Georgia Research Alliance with its high-powered public-private board has led the state’s technology and innovation efforts since its founding in 1990. Cassidy joined the organization in 1993 as its fourth staff member.
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City panel agrees: Patterson Spring Hill funeral home in Midtown is a “landmark”
At first glance, it’s easy to think the two-story white building set in little gardens on Spring Street is a house. But it’s still what it’s been for about 90 years: a funeral home. And a city panel says it’s worth protecting, even as skyscrapers rise around it.
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Transform Westside Summit — Friday, June 1, 2018
About the Transform Westside Summit: Westside Future Fund’s Transform Westside Summit is held on the 1st and 3rd Friday of each month and is free and open to the public. Our audience includes a diverse group stakeholders. Longtime neighborhood residents, community and faith leaders, heads of non-profits and corporate executives come together to share success stories […]
Posted inHistoric Westside, http://leadership.saportareport.com/historic-westside/, Thought Leader, Thought Leadership
About Westside Future Fund
The Westside Future Fund is a not-for-profit organization of Atlanta community leaders who believe in the future of the Westside and are committed to helping the area revitalize and grow. Why the Westside? Westside Future Fund was established in December 2014 out of the vision and leadership of former Atlanta mayor Kasim Reed. Recognizing the […]
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First sign of the ATL: Xpress bus system moving to Breeze cards in 2018
The Xpress commuter bus system that operates in 12 metro counties is phasing out its magnetic ticket system as of Dec. 31 and shifting to the Breeze card. The move is an early step in the effort to unify the transit systems that serve metro Atlanta.
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Building at 881 Ponce will be saved thanks to historic designation
A century-old building on Ponce de Leon Avenue has a new lease on life.
The property owners of 881 Ponce de Leon had applied to the City of Atlanta for a demolition permit for the building at the corner of Ponce and Barnett streets so a JP Morgan-Chase bank branch could be built on that site.
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Atlanta Community Foundation reaches $1.1 billion in assets
The Community Foundation for Greater Atlanta has reached a new milestone – it now has $1.1 billion assets, according to its unaudited 2017 Annual Report released on Tuesday.
The annual report also states that the Foundation awarded $100 million in grants to 3,100 nonprofit organization – locally, nationally and internationally. More than 70 percent of those grants were made to nonprofits in the 23-county metro Atlanta region, the Foundation’s area of expertise.
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“Love is the only way,” A lesson from the Royal Wedding
I was up at 6:30 am on Saturday to watch the royal wedding. I had three text streams going with all of my girlfriends. We mainly wanted to see what everyone was wearing and to witness history. Needless to say, it was beautiful. However, about half way through the service, the Most Reverend Michael Curry […]
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Modernizing transit is an economic must-do for the U.S./metro Atlanta
By Lyle V. Harris
MARTA, the backbone of metro Atlanta’s once-and-future transit network, is facing a $2.2 billion backlog of assets in need of replacement such as vehicles, systems and other infrastructure to meet the region’s growing transportation needs. While it’s not much comfort, MARTA is hardly alone in that respect.
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Center for Civil and Human Rights gives us timely inspiration
For me, the Power to Inspire gala – the benefit for the Center for Civil and Human Rights – inspired a sense of gratitude for what we have in our town.
The Center will celebrate its fourth anniversary next month, and it’s hard to imagine an Atlanta without this touchpoint for our community. It combines in one place our unique place in the history of civil and human rights.
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Trail to the Chattahoochee leads through Atlanta City Council, public, and planners
“Just because we don’t have a river running through downtown like Chattanooga or Nashville or wherever else, that doesn’t mean we can’t take full advantage of” the Chattahoochee.
Posted inArts & Culture Seen, Thought Leader
Five Reasons to Care about the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra… Even if You Don’t Attend
By Jennifer Barlament, Executive Director of the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra 1. Every time the Atlanta Symphony wins a GRAMMY Award (we’ve won 28), we insert our city—by name—into the consciousness of people around the globe. And we do it in ways that reach beyond the music. Our GRAMMY Awards reach past artistic achievement to reflect the […]
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A primary season marked by boyishness and sharp edges
This is the first election in Georgia history in which all the Democratic candidates for governor and lieutenant governor are women, and all the Republican candidates for those offices are men. There have been implications for both races.
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Georgia’s water wars: Three lawsuits pending after Supreme Court rules on Florida case
Metro Atlanta and Georgia are far from the finish line in the water wars. Even after the U.S. Supreme Court rules by June 30 on the case brought against Georgia by Florida, three federal lawsuits remain pending.
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Right place – right time
It was a new camera and the photographer only had 5 flash bulbs, yet there he was, on that fateful night, witnessing what would become the most devastating hotel fire in American history. Arnold Hardy ended up getting detained by the police that evening but not before he made history as we tell in this […]
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Data For Health Initiative National Public Health Bulletins Vitally Important
By Michelle Panneton, MPH, senior program officer for the CDC Foundation In 2015, Bloomberg Philanthropies launched the Data for Health Initiative (D4H) to help governments build sustainable capacity to gather and use scientific data to guide decision making and policy development. One part of the initiative, called the Data Impact Program, aims to ensure health […]
